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Understanding
9/11John Kekes The Nature Of Philosophy
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- 1999
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- Philosophy
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- folkscanomy_philosophy; folkscanomy
- Language
- English
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
INTRODUCTION xi
PART ONE: THE PROBLEM
CHAPTER ONE: THE CASE AGAINST PHILOSOPHY 3
I. The Failure of Philosophy 3
II. The Weakness of Excuses 8
III. What is to Be Done? 13
PART TWO: PERENNIAL ARGUMENTS
AND WORLDVIEWS
CHAPTER TWO: PERENNIAL ARGUMENTS 17
I. Characteristics of Perennial Arguments 17
II. Two Misinterpretations of Perennial Arguments 23
III. Conclusion 27
CHAPTER THREE: PROBLEMS 30
I. Introduction 30
II. Problems and Theories 31
III. Problems of Life and Problems of Reflection 32
IV. Removable Problems and Enduring Problems 36
V. Enduring Problems and Perennial Arguments 39
VI. Conclusion 42
CHAPTER FOUR: IDEALS 46
I. Introduction 46
II. A Description of Ideals 46
III. Ideals ami Presuppositions 53
IV. Conclusion ' 56
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CHAPTER FIVE: WORLDVIEWS AND WISDOM ' 58
I. Worldviews 58
II. Wisdom 65
III. The Autonomy of Philosophy 70
The State of the Argument 73
PART THREE: PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION
CHAPTER six: THE DOMAIN OF JUSTIFICATION 79
I. Introduction 79
II. The Distinction Between Discovery and Justification 80
III. The First Argument: The Autonomy of Philosophy 81
IV. Criticism of the First Argument 83
V. The Second Argument: Philosophy as Rational 88
Reconstruction
VI. Criticism of the Second Argument 89
VII. Conclusion 92
CHAPTER seven: JUSTIFICATION IN PHILOSOPHY:
THE CONTEXT OF INTRODUCTION 95
I. Introduction 95
II. The Background 96
III. The Two Contexts of Justification 99
IV. Justification and the Context of Introduction 102
V. Conclusion 107
CHAPTER eight: JUSTIFICATION IN PHILOSOPHY:
THE CONTEXT OF ACCEPTANCE 1 1
1
I. Introduction 111
II. The Three Tests of Truth-Directedness 1 1
III. Justification and the Context of Acceptance ' 118
IV. Justification and Truth 121
V. Conclusion 122
The State of the Argument 126
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